Fuel-distributer.



. UNITED STATES Patented July 18, 1905.

PATENT ()FFIQE.

NATHAN XV. LUNDY, OF MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO AUGUSTUS E. JEPP, OF MARSHALLTOWVN, lOWA.

FUEL-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 794,872, dated July 18, 1905.

Application filed 8eptember 15,1904. Serial No. 224,561.

To all whom, it iii/my concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN W. LUNDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshalltown, in the county of Marshall and State of Iowa, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Fuel-Distributors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fuel-distributers accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of a fuel tank and distributer made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral 1 denotes a tank or casing provided with a partition 2 at some distance above the bottom thereof, said tank being made, preferably, of sheet metal, as shown.

A compressed-air chamber 3 is provided above the partition 2, and a fuel-chamber 4 is located below the air-chamber. The airpressure gage 5 is connected to the upper end of a pipe 6, which extends centrally through the cover 7 into the compressed-air chamber 3 and is provided with a number of perforations 8 to permit air to enter said pipe 6 and pass upward to the gage to indicate the pressure within the chamber 3. At the lower end of the pipe 6 a solid plug 9 is secured. Below said partition a pipe 10 isconnected to the plug 9 through a perforation in the partition 2, said pipe 10 extending thence downward through the fuel-chamber 4L and out at the bottom thereof. A series of perforations 11 are formed near the lower end of the pipe 10 within the chamber 4.

My object in extending the pipe 6 through the center of the tank and connecting it with the pipe 10, as described, is that said pipes serve to brace and strengthen the tank, as well as serving the purposes of feeding-tubes for the fuel and air. A nut or collar 12 may be secured at the top of the cover 7 upon the pipe 6, while an elbow 13 may be secured underneath the tank to hold the parts in relative positions.

A pipe 14 leads from the elbow 13 out at the side of the tank and is connected to an upright pipe 15, extending above the tank and provided at its upper end with a filter or strainer 16, designed to be filled with mineral wool or other filtering compound. A cut-off valve 17 is provided in said pipe near its upper end. A pipe 18 extends from the pipe laterally and connects with a pipe 19, extending down through the cover 7 and terminates at 20 near the partition 2, but within the compressed-air chamber 3. Avalve 21 in the pipe 18 serves to cut off communication between the pipe 19 and the filter 16. It will be understood that the feed-pipes lead from the filter 16 to the place of consumption.

The object of the pipe 19, extending down within the compressed-air chamber 3 to near the bottom is for the purpose of supplying gasolene or other fuel from within the compressed-air chamber to the place of consumption when the fuel has been exhausted from the chamber 1 or while the chamber 4 is being resupplied with fuel. This arrangement permits in a single tank the use of fuel during the time that the fuel-tank is being filled or, if by some inadvertence, the consumer desires to use fuel and finds that his supply has become exhausted from the fuel-chamber 4. This may be termed an emergencyfeed. I

A pipe 522 communicates at its lower end with the fuel-chamber 1 at 23 and at its upper end 24: with the compressed-air chamber 3, a valve 25 being utilized for opening the communication and permitting air from tank 3 to enter the fuel-chamber 4: and force the gasolene or other fuel through the perforations 11 outward and upward to the filter l6 and to the said pipe. A sight-gage 26 extends from the partition 2 to the bottom of the fuel-tank in order that the quantity of oil Within the tank may be discerned.

A pipe 27 extends from the partition 2 within the chamber 4 up within the chamber 3 and out at the top 7 and is provided with a cap 28 for giving vent to the fuel-chamber 4 and for filling said chamber. A short pipe or nipple 29 extends through the cover 7 into the compressed-air chamber 3, said pipe being provided with a cap 30, having a nippleopening therein and a valve for connection to an air-pump for forcing air into the chamber 8. The cap 30 may be removed for the purpose of admitting a comparatively small quantity of fuel into the chamber 3 to be used as an emergency-feed, as previously described.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing without a more extended description.

It will be obvious that my device as arrangedand constructed has many features of convenience not possessed by single-tank fueldistributers in common use. The arrangement of pipes 6 and 10, which brace and strengthen the structure and also serve the purpose of outlet-pipes for air and gasolene, when taken in connection with the emergencyfeed features, provide an apparatus which is exceedingly convenient and useful for its purpose.

Various changes in the shape, proportions, and minor details of construction may be made without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what hslaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A fuel tank and distributer comprising a single tank having an upper compressed-air chamber, a fuel-chamber below said compressed-air chamber and separated therefrom by a partition, and a pipe extending centrally through the compressed-air chamber, a pipe extending through the fuel-chamber in line with the compressed-air pipe, said pipes being connected by a plug passing through the partition and said pipes being provided with perforations, one set of perforations comm unicating with the air-chamber near its upper end and serving to feed compressed air to a gage and the other set of perforations communicating with the fuel-chamber near its lower end and being utilized to feed fuel to a filter, substantially as described.

2. In a fuel tank and distributer, a gage or indicator secured to a pipe extending centrally through the top of acompressed-air tank, and provided with perforations near the upper end of the chamber, a partition within said chamber, a pipe connected to the first-named pipe by means of a plug passing through the partition andsaid pipes disposed in alinement and the last-mentioned pipe extending out of the bottom ofv the tank through the fuel-chamber and provided with perforations near the bottom of said chamber, said pipe serving as a feed pipe for fuel and also as a brace to strengthen the tanks, said pipe at its lower end being connected to a pipe passing outward and upward to a filter, and means at the upper and lower ends of said tank for securing the pipes rigidly thereto, substantially as described.

3. In a single-tank fuel-distributer a compressed-air chamber and means for supplying air thereto and meansfor supplying fuel thereto, an outlet-pipe for the fuel terminating at a point near the bottom of said chamber, acompressed-air outlet near the top of the air-chamber,a fuel-supply chamber below the air-chamber and separated therefrom by a partition, a pipe extending centrally through each chamber and connected by a plug passing through the partition, said pipes having perforations communicating with each chamber, and means for filling the fuel-chamber without interfering with the feed of the fuel from the airchamber, substantially as described.

.In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NATHAN W. LUNDY.

\Vitnesses:

L. M. BALoH, WILLIAM SPIER. 

